Koen Pang, still perspiring and short of breath 40 minutes after a training session, would like you to know that table tennis is more taxing than you think.
To most questions, the 17-year-old pauses before answering, but his response when asked to name a common misconception of his sport, comes almost immediately: "That table tennis is not tiring".
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